Implementation Guidance
OVS Guides
- Offer versus Serve Guide for School Meals (CSDE)
- Offer versus Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP (USDA)
OVS Implementation Resources
- Offer versus Serve Posters for Breakfast and Lunch (USDA webpage)
- Overview of OVS in the NSLP (CSDE)
- Overview of OVS in the SBP (CSDE)
- OVS Tip Sheet for School Food Service Managers: National School Lunch Program (USDA)
- OVS Tip Sheet for School Food Service Managers: School Breakfast Program (USDA)
- Salad Bars and OVS ("Related Resources" section)
- USDA Memo SP 41-2015: Updated Offer vs Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP Beginning SY 2015-16
OVS Training
- Module 15: Offer versus Serve (OVS) in the NSLP (CSDE’s What’s in a Meal: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12)
- Module 16: Offer versus Serve (OVS) in the SBP (CSDE’s What’s in a Meal: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns for Grades K-12